Woodhouse's antpecker
| Woodhouse's antpecker | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Estrildidae |
| Genus: | Parmoptila |
| Species: | P. woodhousei
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| Binomial name | |
| Parmoptila woodhousei Cassin, 1859
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Woodhouse's antpecker (Parmoptila woodhousei) is a species of passerine bird found in West Africa that is placed in the estrildid finch family, Estrildidae. The name commemorates the American explorer and collector Samuel Washington Woodhouse.